Shoe polishing device



Aug- 7, 1.934- c. C. HUITT ,ET Al. 1,969,268

SHOE PoLIsHING DEVICE Filed March l2, 1932 A njole/vfr o nl) Patented Aug. 7, 1934 PATENT FFECE snor; PoLIsHING. vDEVICE Charles C. Huitt and Warley L. Parrott, East Orange, N. J.

Application March 124, 1932, Serial No. 598,338

4 Claims.

This invention relates to shoe polishing devices and more particularly to portable shoe polishing stands suitable for home and oiice use.

A feature of the invention is an arrangement of a long strip of cloth whose ends are attached to two spring operated rollers mounted one on. each side of the foot rest in a portable-shoe polishing box, the strip of cloth being adapted to unwind from the rollers to suicient length "i for use in polishing the shoes and for rewinding upon either of the rollers when the polishing operation is completed.

The stand or box of this invention, while not being used for shining shoes is adaptable for use as a stool particularly convenient in the bathroom or bedroom.

The invention will now be described more in detail having reference to the accompanying drawing in which like reference characters are used to designate identical elements in the several gures. l

Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a shoe polishing box constructed in accordance with' this invention.

Fig. 2 represents a view of a longitudinal section through the rear of the box shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 represents a view of a longitudinal section along one side of the box of Fig. 1. f y

Fig. 4 represents a plan View of the box of Fig. 1.

Referring now to Fig. 1, a portable shoe polishing Ybox l is supported by four legs 2 only three of which are visible in this perspective view. A top cover 5 which is shown in an extended position parallel to the top of the box is composed of a single smooth piece of material upon the inside surface of which are mounted black and tan shoe brushes 6 and 'l respectively. The cover 5 is attached to the box 1- by means of hinges 11 which are capable of moving through 270 degrees, so that the cover 5 may be positioned to cover the box flush with the top edges of the four sides of the box or to hang downward parallel to the edge 42. The strip of polishing cloth 13 and the foot rest 14 are shown in the position which they assume when the box is not being used for polishing shoes. The member 12 which forms an inside cover of the box is glued to the four walls of the box on the inside surfaces. The space between this cover 12 and the outside cover 5, when the box is closed, is suflicient to accommodate the brushes 6 and 7.

In Fig. 2 is shown, from an end view, some Idetails of the foot rest and polishing apparatus. The strip of cloth 13 is wound around short sections of the rollers 15 and 16 between flanges 17, two of which are mounted on each of the rollers 15 and 16 approximately four inches apart, to vkeep the cloth 13 in line asw it is unwound from or wound upon the rollers 15 and Y16. Both of the rollers 15 and 16 rotate inv a counter-clockwise direction soV that any desired length of cloth may be taken fromv one` roller by pulling the cloth 13 vertically upward and rewound upon the other roller by causing the spring in that roller to operate. They may also be adapted to rotate in opposite directions so that the cloth 13 may be wound or unwound from either roller. The rollers may be yof any well known type of spring operated roller such as those used for window shades, only in shorter lengths. vThe internal coil springs which enable the rollers 15 and 16 to be selfrotating are of the type shown in Figure 3, numeral 44. The springs actually extend the full length of the rollers. Rollers of approxi-i mately ten inches in' length are suiiiciently strong to roll up a five inch width strip of cloth of the well known shoe polishing type. The cloth 13 has one of its ends attached to roller 15 and extends Vfrom there in a vertical direction over an idler 18 mounted longitudinally inthe center ofv a narrow opening formed near one edge. of the inside cover 12. After passing through this opening it extends horizontally across the inside cover member 12 and is positioned so that it covers the top of the foot rest 14. On the opposite side of the cover 12 is another narrow opening with an associated idler; 13 over which the cloth 13 extends downward to the take up roller 16.

The foot rest ,14 is mounted upon the shaft 19 which is in turn supported by a sheet metal plate member 20. This plate 20 is fastened on one end to the top cover 12 and on the other end to a narrow strip form of supporting member 2l, by means of screws22. This plate 2O is of such a shape that it ts around the iiat cross piece 23 of the T shaped shaft 19, which construction allows the shaft 19 to move upward or downward through the supporting member 20 but is not permitted to move transversely. The cans 24 and 25 contain tan and black paste respectively for polishing shoes and are of the type in common use today. Y

The top cover 5 is shown positioned parallel to the edge 42 in which position it may preferably remain to conserve space while the shoe polishing apparatus is being used. A door 43 which forms a false bottom for the box 1, is held on one side by a hinge 27 and on the opposite side by a Ythumb latch 28. This arrangement enables one to reach the rollers 15 and 16 for the purpose of changing the supply of cloth 13.

Referring now to Fig. 3 a side view of the box 1 is seen with the side wall 4 broken away toA show the interior of the box and some of the constituent parts of the shoe polishing mechanism. The roller 15 is mounted between two metal spring clips 29 and 3() attached in any suitable manner to the iront and rear walls respectively of the box 1. The strip of cloth 13 is shown extending upward and' across the foot The root rest 14 is supported by the shaft- 19 which consists or a wide iiat crossmember 23 and a narrow ilat sided member 3l, one of whose edges is joined to or integral with the cross member 23 and whose opposite edgeris grooved or slotted in serialvarrangeinent with a plurality ofvslots 32. The v`cross member 23 is in slidable engagement with thel supporting metal plate 20 described above in connection with Fig. 2. As-

sociated with the grooves or slots`32 in the mem-'- ber" 3l` is" a small pawl 33 the" pointed endroi which rests against the member 31 so that Vas the shaft 19 and 'foot rest 14 are raised vertically 30T any, desired elevation may be maintained by the engagement of the pawl 33 with one ofV the grooves 32 opposite the pawl at that position oi the shaft 19. For simplicity only a few of these slots or grooves 32 are shown but many more may well be used for the sake or iine adjustment in heightof the foot rest 14. A pin 39 inserted transversely through the lower end of the memberA 31 'prevents this end o the shaft 19 from extending above the supporting member 21 when the"oot rest is raised.

When it is desired to vlower the foot rest Y14 the pawl 33 is disengaged from its slot 32 by means of a brass release button 34 mounted upon the inside cover l2 near the right hand front corner of the box 1 as shown in Fig. l. The metal.Y shaft 35 of the release button 34 extendsfdojwnward through a circular opening inthe.' cover'12. The'bottom end' of this shaft r'kstsagainst onev end o a narrow rod shaped metal cross-.member 36,` flattened at that end, which is held'there by a springr 37; 'and ,joined at the other end to the pawl'33 through the intermediary of the joint 38. `When the button 34 is pushed downward the shaft' 35Aexerts1a l pressure upon the rod 36 against the tension ofv the spring 37. The end of the rod 36 attached to the spring 3'7moving` downward under this pres-g sure causes a movement about the joint 38 such that the pawl 33 is withdrawn from the slot 32.

When this action is effected the shaft-19 and Il Y foot rest 14 will move downward by gravity until the lower end of the shaft rests in the cushion like receptacle 40 whichprevents any noise'or jarwhenthe shaft 19 is allowed to drop. Y In Fig. 4 is shown a plan view of the top of the box 1 in Fig. 1 as it appears when the top cover 5 has been turned through approximately 180 degrees from its original position when the box is closed. The 'foot rest 14 is positioned very close to the inside cover 12 and the strip of cloth 13 is wound tightly upon the rollers below so that it ts snugly across the top of the shoe rest 14. The idlers 18 which are in the form of spool like rollers over which the cloth 13 extends are mounted in narrow slot like apertures 41, one on each side of the cover 12. The release button 34 is positioned far enough away from the foot rest 14 so that when this button is operated by hand the shoe rest 14 which falls downward as explained above will not strike the hand. VrIt is to be understood that various modifications of. the specic arrangements described herein all come within the purview of this invention,

the scope or which is limited only by the appended claims. Y

What lis :claimed is: l

1. Ina shoe polishing stand', the combination of a shoe support adapted'to bel raised verti.

cally to various elevated positions, twoI spring operated rollers mounted oneon each side of said shoefsupport,` and a` polishing cloth attached to and extending from one roller Aacross said shoe support'to said other roller, said clothbeing adjustablefin length byoperation -ofsaidfrollers to-accommodate the different elevated positions or said foot rest.

2. A shoe polishing apparatus comprising a foot frest, a pair of cloth guides one on eachv Ymaintained ina plurality of positions of differ-` f ent elevations, and a strip of cloth attached at its-"endstd longitudinally extending cloth supplying rollers mounted below and on opposite sides of-said foot rest, said cloth being adapted to movevertically from said supply ymembers and transverselyfacross said foot rest for polishing shoes. i

'4. A portable shoe polishing apparatus comprising a foot rest adapted toi be raised vertically ortoVY ber-lowered, VtwoV spring operated rollers mountedonopposite sides of said foo-t rest, a supply 'of polishing cloth-connected toI and extending rom one to the other of said rollers, saidfcloth-being adapted toi be unwound in aY manner convenientl for polishing shoes mounted upon said foot rest, and to be automatically rewo'und upon'said rollers when the springs incorporated in said rollers are released.

CHARLES C. I-IUITT. WARLEY L. PARROTT. 

